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英语“merit”的音标_意思 _翻译_用法_例句

更新时间:2026-06-15 20:14:59   栏目: 教育

merit 的英式音标为 /ˈmerɪt/,美式音标为 /ˈmerɪt/,核心含义为“价值”与“应得”,可作名词和动词使用。作为名词时,它既表示事物的“优点、长处”,也可指人的“功绩、功劳”;作为动词则意为“值得、应受”,强调某人或某事因其品质或行为理应获得某种对待。

一、核心意思与用法

作名词

优点、价值:指事物本身具有的良好特质或实用价值。
例:This method at least had the merit of simplicity.(这种方法至少有简单明了的优点。)

功绩、功劳:指通过努力获得的成就或荣誉。
例:Promotion should be based on merit alone.(晋升应完全根据功绩。)

常用复数形式 merits:表示“优缺点”或“是非曲直”。
例:They have been persuaded of the merits of peace.(他们被说服,认识到了和平的好处。)

作动词

值得、应受:后接名词或动名词,强调应得的待遇或关注。
例:The suggestion merits serious consideration.(该建议值得认真考虑。)
例:He doesn't merit his punishment.(他不应该受到这样的惩罚。)

二、短语搭配

on merit:凭实力、根据本身价值
例:Everybody is selected on merit.(每个人都是凭个人才能入选的。)

merit and demerit:优缺点
例:There is no doubt that job-hopping has its drawbacks as well as merits.(毫无疑问,跳槽有优点也有缺点。)

artistic merit:艺术价值
例:Box-office success mattered more than artistic merit.(票房上的成功比艺术价值更重要。)

on its merits:根据事物本身的是非曲直
例:He will judge the case solely on its merits.(他将完全根据是非曲直审理这一案件。)

三、例句积累

名词用法

You may not like him, but he has his merits.(你也许不喜欢他,不过他也有自己的长处。)

This is a proposal of some merit.(这是个有价值的建议。)

The book has no artistic merit and its sole aim is to titillate the reader.(那书毫无艺术价值,只是撩拨读者情欲。)

动词用法

His new achievements merit our attention.(他取得的新成就值得关注。)

The case does not merit further investigat